Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2168 of 17 December 2019 on the appointment of the chairperson and the members and their alternates of the Network Management Board and of the members and their alternates of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions for the third reference period 2020-2024
Date: 2019-12-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Subjects: EU office or agency, air safety, air space, air traffic, air traffic control, appointment of members, civil aviation, decision-making body (EU)








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18.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 328/90








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2019/2168
of 17 December 2019
         
on the appointment of the chairperson and the members and their alternates of the Network Management Board and of the members and their alternates of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell for the air traffic management network functions for the third reference period 2020-2024


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 551/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the organisation and use of the airspace in the single European sky (the airspace Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 6(4) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 (2) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 (3) establish a Network Management Board to monitor and steer the execution of air traffic management network functions. They also establish a European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell to ensure effective crisis management at network level.












(1)


To ensure their efficient functioning, the chairperson, vice-chairpersons, members of the Network Management Board and their alternates and the members of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell and their alternates should be appointed for the duration of at least one reference period of the performance scheme, this is from 2020 to 2024 inclusive, as laid down in Article 7(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317 (4).












(2)


In April 2019, the entities to be represented in the Network Management Board proposed candidate voting members and alternates for the Network Management Board. In accordance with Article 21(2)(c) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123, Member States were consulted and provided their opinion on the proposed nominations.












(3)


In October 2019, the candidate voting members proposed the candidate chairperson and two candidate vice-chairpersons for the new Board.












(4)


In November 2019, pursuant to Article 18(7) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123, Eurocontrol proposed the candidate non-voting members representing the air navigation service providers of associated countries in the new Board.












(5)


In April 2019, the organisations to be represented in the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell proposed their nominations for the Cell.












(6)


In accordance with those proposals, the chairperson, vice-chairpersons and members of the Network Management Board and their alternates, as well as the members of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell and their alternates should now be appointed.












(7)


This decision should enter into force as a matter of urgency before the beginning of the period covered by the appointments in question.












(8)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Single Sky Committee established by Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5),





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The persons listed in Annex I shall be appointed for the period from 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2024 as chairperson, vice-chairpersons and members of the Network Management Board and their alternates respectively.


Article 2
The persons listed in Annex II shall be appointed for the period from 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2024 as the members of the European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell and their alternates respectively.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 17 December 2019.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 20.

(2)  Commission Regulation (EU) 677/2011 of 7 July 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of air traffic management (ATM) network functions and amending Regulation (EU) No 691/2010 (OJ L 185, 15.7.2011, p. 1).

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/123 of 24 January 2019 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of air traffic management (ATM) network functions and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 (OJ L 28, 31.1.2019, p. 1).

(4)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317 of 11 February 2019 laying down a performance and charging scheme in the single European sky and repealing Implementing Regulations (EU) No 390/2013 and (EU) No 391/2013 (OJ L 56, 25.2.2019, p. 1).

(5)  Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 laying down the framework for the creation of the single European sky (the framework Regulation), (OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 1).




ANNEX I

VOTING AND NON-VOTING MEMBERS AND THEIR ALTERNATES OF THE NETWORK MANAGEMENT BOARD








Chairperson:



Mr Simon HOCQUARD
Director-General CANSO





1st Vice Chairperson:



Ms Sylviane LUST
Director General AIRE





2nd Vice Chairperson:


Mr Luc LAVEYNE
Senior Advisor ACI Europe














Airspace users




 


Voting members


Alternates




AIRE/ERA


Ms Sylviane LUST
Director-General
Airlines International Representation in Europe (AIRE)


Mr Russell DUDLEY
Manager Policy and Technical
European Regions Airline Association (ERA)




A4E


Mr Francis RICHARDS
ATM Manager
EasyJet Airline Company Limited


Mr Choorah SINGH
Chief Operating Officer
Laudamotion




IATA


Mr Giancarlo BUONO
Regional Director Safety and Flight Operations
International Air Transport Association (IATA)


Mr Rory SERGISON
Assistant Director ATM Infrastructure
International Air Transport Association (IATA)




EBAA/IAOPA/EAS


Ms Vanessa RULLIER-FRANCAUD
Senior Manager, ATM and Special Projects
European Business Aviation Association (EBAA)


Dr Michael ERB
Senior Vice-President
International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations (IAOPA)














Air navigation service providers per functional airspace block




 


Voting members


Alternates




BALTIC


Mr Janusz JANISZEWSKI
Acting President
Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA)


Mr Nerijus MALECKAS
Chief Operations Officer
Lithuanian Air Navigation Services — State Enterprise ‘Oro Navigacija’




BLUEMED


Ms Despoina PAPANDREOU
Head of ANSP Management & Development Division/D21
Hellenic Air Navigation Service Provider (HANSP)


Mr Maurizio PAGGETTI
Chief Operations Officer
Ente Nazionale Assistenza al Volo (ENAV)




DANUBE


Mr Georgi PEEV
Director General
Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority (BULATSA)


Mr Fănică CÂRNU
Deputy Director General
Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration (ROMATSA)




DK-SE


Ms Carin HOLTZRIN KJELLANDER
Director of International Affairs
LFV


Ms Lise KRONBORG
Head of strategic programmes
Navigation Via Air (NAVIAIR)




FABCE


Mr Kornél SZEPESSY
Chief Executive Officer
HUNGAROCONTROL


MS Valerie HACKL
Managing Director
AUSTRO CONTROL




FABEC


Mr Robert SCHICKLING
Chief Operating Officer
Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS)


Mr. Maurice GEORGES
Directeur des Services de la Navigation Aérienne
Direction des Services de la Navigation aérienne (DSNA)




 


 


Mr François-Xavier PRACH
Chairman
ANSP FABEC Group




NEFAB


Mr Üllar SALUMÄE
Head of ATS Department
Estonian Air Navigation Service


Mr Tormod RANGNES
Director Operations
AVINOR Air Navigation Service




SOUTH-WEST


Mr Enrique MAURER SOMOLINOS
Director of Services of Air Navigation
Spanish Air Navigation (ENAIRE)


Mr Carlos REIS
Director of Operations
Navegação Aérea de Portugal (NAV Portugal)




UK-IRELAND


Mr Billy HAHN
Director ATM Operations & Strategy
Irish Aviation Authority (IAA)


Ms Juliet KENNEDY
Operations Director
National Air Traffic Services UK (NATS)














Airport operators




 


Voting members


Alternates




 


Mr Luc LAVEYNE
Senior Advisor
Airports Council International
ACI Europe


Ms Isabelle BAUMELLE
Chief Operating Officer & Airline Marketing Director
Société Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur




 


Mr Giovanni RUSSO
Chief Operating Officer
Aéroport International de Genève


Mr Mark C. BURGESS
Head of Operational Planning, Performance & Transformation Operations
Heathrow Airport Limited














Military




 


Voting members


Alternates




Military Air Navigation Service Providers


Lt. Col Raymond MARTIN
Chief Air Traffic Services Officer
Irish Air Corps HQ


Col. Bernhard MAYR
Branch Chief German Military Aviation Authority (GE MAA)
Germany




Military airspace users


Brigadier General Etienne HERFELD
Directeur de la circulation aérienne militaire française (DIRCAM)
Direction de la sécurité aéronautique d’Etat (DSAE)


Col. Stéphane GOURG
Direction de la circulation aérienne militaire française (DIRCAM)














Chairperson of the Network Management Board




 


Non-voting member


Alternate




 


Mr Simon HOCQUARD
Director-General CANSO


Ms Sylviane LUST
Director-General AIRE




 


Mr Luc LAVEYNE
Senior Advisor ACI














European Commission




 


Non-voting member


Alternate




 


Mr Filip CORNELIS
Director for Aviation
DG MOVE European Commission


Ms Christine BERG
Head of Unit Single European Sky
DG MOVE European Commission














EFTA Surveillance Authority




 


Non-voting member


Alternate




 


Gunnar Örn Indriðason
Legal Officer, Security Inspector
EFTA Surveillance Authority



To be nominated















Network Manager




 


Non-voting member


Alternate




 


Mr Iacopo PRISSINOTTI
Director Network Management Directorate Network Manager
Eurocontrol


Mr Razvan BUCUROIU
Head of Network & Strategy Development
Directorate Network Manager
Eurocontrol














Chairperson of the working group on operations (NDOP)




 


Non-voting member


Alternate




 


Mr Xavier BENAVENT
Director of Operations
ENAIRE



To be nominated















Representatives of Air Navigation Service providers of associated countries




 


Non-voting members


Alternates




 


 


 




1 January 2020 – 31 December 2020


Representative of the Air Navigation Service provider of Turkey (DHMI)



To be nominated





 


Representative of the Air Navigation Service provider of Albania (ALBCONTROL)



To be nominated





1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021



To be nominated




To be nominated





 



To be nominated




To be nominated





1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022



To be nominated




To be nominated





 



To be nominated




To be nominated





1 January 2023 - 31 December 2023



To be nominated




To be nominated





 



To be nominated




To be nominated





1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024



To be nominated




To be nominated





 



To be nominated




To be nominated















Eurocontrol




 


Non-voting member


Alternate




 


Mr Eamonn BRENNAN
Director-General
Eurocontrol


Mr Philippe MERLO
Director European Civil-Military Aviation (DECMA)
Eurocontrol









ANNEX II

PERMANENT MEMBERS AND THEIR ALTERNATES OF THE EUROPEAN AVIATION COORDINATION CRISIS CELL








Member States




 


Member


Alternate




 


Representative of the Member State that holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union


Representative of the Member State that holds the next Presidency of the Council of the European Union














EFTA states




 


Member


Alternate




 


Representative of the EFTA State that holds the Chairmanship of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States


Representative of the EFTA State that holds the next Chairmanship of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States














European Commission




 


Member


Alternate




 


Mr Filip CORNELIS
Director for Aviation
DG MOVE European Commission


Ms Christine BERG
Head of Unit Single European Sky
DG MOVE European Commission














Agency




 


Member


Alternate




 


Mr Denis KOEHL
Senior Military Advisor
EASA


Mr Augustin KLUS
ATM/ANS Standards, Implementation & Oversight Senior Expert
EASA














Eurocontrol




 


Member


Alternate




 


Mr Donal Handley
Head of the Director General Office
Eurocontrol


Mr Philippe Merlo
Director DECMA
Directorate European Civil-Military Aviation
Eurocontrol














Network Manager




 


Member


Alternate




 


Mr Iacopo PRISSINOTTI
Director Network Management
Directorate Network Manager
EUROCONTROL


Mr Kenneth Thomas
EACCC Operations Manager
Directorate Network Manager
EUROCONTROL














Military




 


Member


Alternate




 


Lieutenant-Colonel Hans-Jörg Fietz
German Military Aviation Authority


Lieutenant-Colonel Gert Jan van Kralingen
Dutch Military Aviation Authority














Air Navigation Service providers




 


Member


Alternate




 


Ms Tanja Grobotek
Director Europe Affairs
CANSO


Mr Flavio Sgrò
ENAV














Aiport operators




 


Member


Alternate




 


Mr Guillaume Auquier
Regulation, Policy and Compliance Manager
Groupe ADP


Mr Olivier Jankovec
Director General
ACI EUROPE














Airspace users




 


Member


Alternate




 


Mr Carlo Verelst
Manager ATM Infrastructure Europe IATA


Mr Achim Baumann
Policy Director
A4E